Small Explosion Rattles Times Square

Breaking News
March 6, 2008
Small Explosion Rattles Times Square

Police say some sort of explosive device was detonated near a military
recruiting station in New York's famed Times Square early Thursday
morning. There are no reported injuries. 
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U.S.

Scientists Come Out Against Gun Database

Scientists from thee National Research Council say a proposed national
ballistics database, which would effectively take the "fingerprints" of
all new guns, would be far too large to function as a crime fighting
tool. 
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World

4 Marines Face Charges In Japan Rape Case

The U.S. military says it will court-martial four U.S. Marines in Japan
for the alleged rape of a Japanese woman. 
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Politics

Florida, Michigan Primary Do-Overs?

The governors of Michigan and Florida are saying it's increasingly
important that delegates from the two states be seated, and now state
officials and the Clinton and Obama campaigns have come out in favor of
primary election do-overs. 
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Health

Heparin Probe Focuses On One Contaminent

Some of Baxter International's recalled blood thinner heparin contained
large amounts of a contaminant. The government said it's investigating
whether what appears to be a fake ingredient got there by accident or by
fraud. 
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SciTech

Pollution Battle Waged On Capitol Hill

Big industries are waging an intense lobbying effort to block new,
tougher limits on air pollution that is blamed for hundreds of heart
attacks, deaths and cases of asthma, bronchitis and other breathing
problems. 
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Business

Job Discrimination Complaints Jump 9%

Federal job discrimination complaints filed by workers against private
employers shot up 9 percent last year, the biggest annual increase since
the early 1990s.